Past Activities

• "Novel Nanoelectronic Rectifiers and their Applications" during Seven-day workshop on Brain-inspired/Neuromorphic Computing for Responsible AI, organized by the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Patna (March 20-26, 2023) on 25.03.2023

• "Nanoelectronic Devices for High Frequency Applications" at Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women, University of Delhi, New Delhi during Vyakhyan-2022 on 23.09.2022

• "Semiconductor Device (MEMS) Fabrication Technologies" during STC organised by Mechanical Engg. Dept. PEC Chandigarh in association with IIT Roorkee on 26.09.2022

• "Nanotechnology for Futuristic Applications" during National Technology Day 2022 at Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology (SLIET), Longowal, Punjab on 11.05.2022

• "Novel Self-Switching Nanodiode and its applications" during IEEE-EDS Workshop on Devices and Circuits, Organised by IIT Kanpur, Goa, March 24-26, 2022

• "Novel nanoelectronic planar rectifiers and their applications" during 3rd International Conference on Applied Photonics and Electronics 2021 (InCAPE2021), Malaysia on 06.10.2021

• "Nanoelectronic Devices for Medical Imaging" during Workshop at Punjabi University, Patiala on 25.02.2020

• "Nanoelectronic Devices" Invited/Expert Lecture at Chandigarh University, Mohali Punjab on 18.02.2020

• "Nanomaterials for Nano-Electronic Devices: Development & Issues" during STC on Nanomaterials - Characterization & Applications at NITTTR Chandigarh 04-08 November, 2019

• "Novel Nano-electronic Devices Operating of Microwave/Terahertz Frequencies" Expert Talk at Rajasthan Technical University, Kota on 04.10.2019

• "Novel Nanoelectronic Devices" during FDP on Futuristic Electronics Materials, Devices and Applications at University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kurukshetra, under TEQIP-III  during 26-31 August, 2019

• "Graphene based Nano-rectifiers" during FDP on Futuristic Electronics Materials, Devices and Applications at University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kurukshetra, under TEQIP-III  during 26-31 August, 2019

• "Renewable Energy" Expert Talk during Akshay Urja Diwas celebration by Prakriti’-The Environment Society of P.G.G.C.G-11, Chandigarh in collaboration with CREST (Chandigarh Renewable Energy Science & Technology) on the theme “Impact of Akshay Urja in India” on 20.08.2019

• "Nano Electronic Devices: Trends & Issues" during Short Term Course on Nanotechnology: Developments & Challenges from 27 - 31 May 2019 at National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh

• "Graphene based photodetector" during Workshop on Graphene based device fabrication and characterization from 26 - 27 Feb. 2019 at University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kurukshetra University under TEQIP-III

• "Nanomaterials for NEDs: Developments & Issues" during Short Term Course on Nanomaterials: Characterization & Applications from 29 Oct. -02 Nov., 2018 at National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh

• "Nanoelectronic Devices" during Short Term Course on Nanotechnology: Developments & Challenges from 21-25 May 2018 at National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh

• "Research trends in antenna applications" Short Term Course on Antenna and its applications from 05 Feb. -09 Feb., 2018 at National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh

• "Graphene based Nano-Rectifiers" IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and RF Conference (IMaRC) 2017, Ahmedabad, December 11-13, 2017

• "Nanomaterials for Electronic Devices: Developments & Challenges" Short Term Course on "Nanomaterials: Characterization & Applications" from 13-17 Nov. 2017 at National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh

• "Role of Nanotechnology in antenna design" Short Term Course on Introduction to antenna design using HFSS from 06 Feb.-10 Feb. 2017  at National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh

• "Nanomaterials for Nanoelectronic Devices: Developments & Issues" Short Term Course on "Nanomaterials: Characterization & Applications" from 21-25 Nov. 2016  at National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh

• "Novel Nanoelectronic Devices for THz Applications" Expert Talk during 2nd CRIKC Nanoscience Day” celebration at Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali on 08 August, 2016 

• "Novel Nanoelectronic Devices for Microwave Rectification" Expert Talk during Short term course on Nanotechnology for electronic and photonic devices (NanoDev-2016) at PEC Chandigarh , July 11-16, 2016

• "Upcoming Research Areas in Wireless Communication" during Short Term Course on 2G Vs 3G through ICT for Engineering/Polytechnic Faculty of Northern at National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh on 27.05.2016

• "Graphene based futuristic devices" during Short term course on Instrumental Techniques for Chemical and Material Analysis (ITCMA-2016), June 06-11, 2016

• "Nanotechnology and its applications in Signal Processing" during Short term course on Recent Trends in Signal Processing, at University of Engineering Technology, PU, Chandigarh, April 28-29, 2016

• "Engineering Futuristic Nanoelectronic Devices" during Expert Talk, during 48th  Engineers Day Celebration held at PEC, Chandigarh  15.09.2015

• "Novel Nanoelectronic Devices" during Short Term Course on Nanoelectronic Devices (NanoDev 2015) at PEC Chandigarh June 20-25, 2015

• "Use of Nanotechnology", Key Note address at “National Conference on Emerging field in Engineering and sciences” at  Swami Devi Dayal Institute of Engineering and technology, Barwala, Haryana (April10-11, 2015) on 10.04.2015

• "Non Linear Nano Electronic Devices" at A.D. Patel Institute for Technology, Anand, Gujrat organised by IEEE AP/MTT Joint Chapter, Gujarat Section on 14.03.2015

• "Nanotechnology and applications of Nano-electronic devices" at G. B. Pant University of Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand on 30.10.2014

• "Nanoelectronic devices for microwave applications" at Chandigarh University, Mohali Punjab on 21.10.2014

The Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy, Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh, today, organised an interactive session on “Various Research Funding Schemes of DST and How to Write Research Project Proposals” for the faculty members of PEC with an aim to promote quality research. The eminent speaker of the session was Dr. Sandeep Bansal, Scientist C, INSPIRE-MANAK DIVISION, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi. Dr. Sandeep Bansal, completed his PhD in 2007 from IIT Roorkee. The event started with a floral welcome to the Guest speaker by Prof Baldev Setia, Director of PEC.

Prof. Arun Kumar Singh started the session with a brief introduction to the expert lecture. He stated that the lecture aims to give a platform to researchers, academicians and young minds to discuss and know the importance of research in academics in current times.

Prof. Baldev Setia, Director-PEC, extended a warm welcome to Dr. Sandeep Bansal and the faculty members present. He complimented the coordinator for the wonderful move to get all the faulty under one roof for such informative session on Research and Development. He focused on the role of research in an academic institution for its long-term viability and development and knowledge-driven growth based on innovation. He reiterated on the importance of research along with teaching, as it is one of the main parameter for NIRF Ranking. He encouraged all the present members to make the best of the session from an expert in the field.

Dr. Sandeep Bansal, started his session with an introduction to Department of Science and Technology (DST) which aims to promote new areas of Science and Technology in the country. It Provides the largest extramural research and development support to strengthen national S&T capacity and capability (SERB). He further focused on the vision of DST and various fellowships available for researchers and various grants for the faculty members. He further explained various research grants available for new researchers as well as active researchers like Start-up Research Grant, Core Research Grant etc. He further focused on various targeted programmes which are of National Priority which includes Climate Change Studies, Solar Energy Research Initiative, Water Technology Initiative and many more. To mitigate gender disparity in science and engineering research funding in various S&T programs in Indian academic institutions and R&D labs, he explained the SERB Power Research Grants and SERB-Power Fellowship. The session progressed with a brief lecture on Research Proposal Writing and critical areas of assessment for the research proposal.

The lecture progressed with a question-answer session and interactions with the present members. The event ended with Prof. Arun Kumar Singh, extending a vote of thanks. The lecture was attended by Deans, Faculty members of PEC.

Semiconductor Research Centre, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh, in collaboration with IEEE Chandigarh, Subsection and Head, Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy organized an expert talk on “Single-walled Carbon Nanotube Growth by Alcohol Catalytic Chemical Vapor Deposition” on 22nd February, 2023. The eminent speaker of the expert talk was Prof. Takahiro Maruyama, Professor of the Department of Applied Chemistry at Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan. Prof. Takahiro Maruyama completed his Graduation in the Faculty of Science at Kyoto University, PhD at Kyoto University and Postdoctoral studies at the University of Tsukuba and Ritsumeikan University. He is the Director of the Nanomaterials Research Center at Meijo University. He has published more than 180 papers in peer-reviewed international journals. His present area of research includes the synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials.The event started with a floral welcome to the Guest speaker by Prof Baldev Setia, Director of PEC.

Prof. Arun Kumar Singh started the session with a brief introduction to the expert lecture. He stated that the lecture aims to give a platform to researchers, academicians and young minds to discuss innovative ideas and learn from the experts in the field.

Prof. Baldev Setia, Director-PEC, extended a warm welcome to Prof. Takahiro Maruyama and the members present. He gave a brief intro about the rich history of PEC and complimented the organising team for conducting such an enlightening lecture. He motivated the students to make the most of the session from the best minds in the field.

Prof. Takahiro Maruyama in his expert lecture stated that Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) exhibit tremendous properties; therefore, they have a huge potential in electronics applications. Talking about the applications of CNT, he stated that it is used for Coating of screens of mobiles, memory applications with high staircase capacity, and CNT transistors to work at very fast speed for high frequency applications. Mechanical applications include coating of CNT on materials to increase strength of materials like metal for machines, rubber for tyres etc.In the first part, he talked about SWCNT growth by alcohol catalytic chemical vapour deposition (ACCVD) using platinum-group metals as catalysts. In the second part, he showed in situ X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) analysis for transition metal catalysts during SWCNT growth. Talking about the results of the studies he mentioned the result showed that the chemical states of metal catalysts show a marked difference between iron-group elements and platinum-group ones.

The lecture progressed with a question-answer session and interactions with the present members. The event ended with Prof. Arun Kumar Singh, extending a vote of thanks. The lecture was attended by Deans, Faculty members, students and research scholars.

Semiconductor Research Centre, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be a University), Chandigarh in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, today inaugurated the week-long  training session on the DST-FIST- Supported “Hands-on Training Program on Semiconductor Device Fabrication and Characterisation”. The training program is funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), under STUTI (Synergistic Training Program Utilising the Scientific and Technological Infrastructure) program, Government of India in Association with IEEE Chandigarh Subsection. Prof. Amitava Patra, Director, Institute of Nano Science & Technology was the Chief Guest for the Inaugural ceremony. Apart from the theoretical knowledge, the training session aims to provide practical hands-on experience to the participants through a laboratory session where the characterization of samples and operation of instruments will be demonstrated to create awareness among the participants.

The event commenced with Prof. Amitava Patra, Director INST, Prof. Baldev Setia, Director PEC, Prof. Neena Gupta head of the department ECE, Associate Prof. Arun Kumar, Coordinator of the training session, lighting the ceremonial lamp. Prof. Neena Gupta head of the department ECE, briefed the present members about the department and the SCL lab, its facilities and gave a warm welcome to all the participants.

Prof. Baldev Setia, Director PEC during his welcome note stated, that the Semiconductor Research Centre, ECE Department inaugurated by the President of India during the Centenary celebrations is enriched by the inclusion of advanced research and design-oriented equipment. He extended a warm welcome to all the guests and participants and complemented them for choosing PEC and its state of the art Semiconductor Research Centre for the session. He motivated them to make full use of the SCL lab in the week-long Program and encouraged them to share their knowledge and experiences. He also congratulated the organisers for conducting such informative and practical training sessions.

Prof. Amitava Patra, Director Institute of Nano Science & Technology, in his keynote lecture apprised the present faculty and participants about the background and challenges of Light Harvesting Research, 2D Semiconductor Nanoplatelets, Lead Halide Perovskile NCs, Conjugated Organic Nanomaterials and Metal Nano-cluster. During the technical session he also focused on the importance of creativity, originality, imagination and intuition. Focusing on the need to choose right research project that can be identified with their names, he encouraged the participants to be persistent in the field of research and also advised them to collaborate with other researchers often. He shared the 5D’s Dream, Direction, Desire, Discipline and Determination with his fellow participants and extended warm welcome and best wishes for the week-long learning. 

Prof. Arun Kumar Singh, Coordinator of the training session stated that all the sessions are designed to blend the theoretical knowledge with practical experience at the newly established Semiconductor Research Centre. More than 70 applications from the participants of various institutions across the country were received out of which 38 applications were accepted. During the sessions, MTech and PhD students of NIT, IIT and INST IISER Mohali will be trained at Semiconductor Lab of ECE department, PEC. The Event concluded with Director PEC honouring the esteemed chief guest and guests of Honour with mementoes.

The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, IEEE Chandigarh Subsection and IEEE PEC Student Branch organized an enriching and insightful session with Dr. Ramesh K. Gupta on “The Role of Satellite Networks in the emerging 5G/IoT Infrastructure” on 19th September, 2022. He is an alumnus of PEC, Chandigarh, and has received Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Alberta, Canada along with an MBA degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He was accompanied by his companion batchmates.

The Welcome Address was given by Dr. Neena Gupta, HOD, Electronics and Communication Department, PEC Chandigarh in which she fittingly stated about his publications of more than 90 journals, conference papers, and three book chapters on microwave devices, passive and active RF circuits, MMIC designs and their insertion into satellite and wireless systems. He holds four U.S. patents. Currently, he is the advisor to the IEEE MTT-S Marketing and Communication (MarCom) Committee.

Dr Gupta talked about Communication Systems evolvement over time in his talk that how, the size of the antennas is getting reduced from several meters to millimetres, even in the micron range and size of satellites getting more prominent with technological advancement, making communication fast and easy as well as cost-effective. He also talked about the IEEE standards and their development and enlighten why these standards are needed. The IEEE standard makes it easier and more feasible for multiple industries to operate in the same field with similar standards. Dr Gupta explained the 5G communication and its different use cases (eMBB (Enhanced Mobile Broadband), mMTC (massive Machine Type Communications) and URLLC (Ultra Reliability and Low Latency Communications)) supported in 5G NR (New Radio) technology and how the 5G and IoT (Internet of Things) are making improvements in satellite communication as well as in terrestrial communication systems. During the talk, he explained the satellite networks and different orbits (Geostationary orbit (GEO), Low Earth orbit (LEO), Medium Earth orbit (MEO)) and progress in the field of satellite launch with different key players who are making the number of launches higher and higher day by day. He also presented the number of predicted satellites those will be orbiting around the earth in near future.

He advised the students to figure out the maximum gap between that aspirational day and what they are today and asked them to devote time today to bridge that gap so that 15 years later they can live what they aspire for. He shared his expertise and wisdom, he also engaged the students in some highly valuable life lessons. It was a very interactive session and a highly enriching experience for the students. He spoke on various topics such as Telecom networks, Future development of IMT (International mobile telecommunication) , 5G and network perspective, Satellite network, Reliable and cost-effective access to space, NTN integration with 5G and also their issues and challenges.

This session was one of the most sought after one of the year and the audience was greatly interested in learning from such an honorable speaker. The session was very informative with the speaker clearing our concepts in a lucid way and using techniques that peaked our interest. Dr. Arun Kumar Singh, Chair IEEE Chandigarh Subsection and Organizer for the expert lecture commended the Student Lead and Volunteers for their support, diligence, and hard work. In his vote of thanks, he extended his heartfelt gratitude to all three alumni and looked forward to having them on campus again which was followed by memento distribution to them by Prof Neena Gupta.

The Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), in collaboration with IEEE Region 10, IEEE Chandigarh SubSection, IEEE Delhi Section and Galgotias University, hosted an International Workshop on "Best Practices in Educational Activities Workshop" in hybrid mode ideated by IEEE R-10 Education Activities Committee. IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. Prof. Baldev Setia, Director, PEC welcomed all the guests, delegates and volunteers from different IEEE sections, councils and regions and expressed his gratitude towards IEEE R-10 for giving PEC the chance to host such an extravagant event. The rare combination of PEC 'Centenary Year' and 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav' made the event extra special. The event was attended by Mr. Deepak Mathur, Director IEEE R-10 (Asia Pacific),Dr. K R Suresh Nair, Chair IEEE India Council, Prof. Rajiv Ahuja, Director IIT Ropar, Dr. Preeti Bajaj, Chair IEEE R-10 EAC, Dr. Rachana Garg, Chair IEEE Delhi Section, Dr. Prerna Gaur, Treasurer IEEE India Council, and Delegates from IEEE Hyderabad Section. All the honourable guests commenced the event by invoking goddess Saraswati and lighting the auspicious lamp post in which a video depicting the illustrious history of PEC was presented on the big screen. The workshop included sessions from Prof. Liu, 2022 IEEE President and CEO, 2020 IEEE President and CEO, Dr. Takako Hashimoto, Dr. Takako Hashimoto, Chair IEEE Japan Council, Steve M Phillips, VP IEEE EA and Jamie Moesch, MD IEEE EA who connected with the delegates virtually.

Two panel discussions were organised on the themes: Best Practices & Challenges in Higher Education: A Global Perspective and IEEE & Education.

The first discussion was moderated by Prof. R Jadeja, Treasurer IEEE R10 and was focused mainly on industry-academia collaboration. Prof. Rajiv Ahuja talked about rural development and said that the industry should be a part of academics and vice-versa. Dr. Deepak Mathur emphasized that Collaboration and Team are the only keys to success and there is a need to shift from being Job seekers to Job providers. The key takeaways for the volunteers and delegates were the need of collaboration and Innovation for growth, "Learn, Unlearn and Relearn", need to shift from being Job seekers to Job providers and the importance of technical teaching.

The second panel discussion was presided over by Dr. Debabrata Das, Director IIIT Bangalore, Dr.Sivaji Chakravorti, Past Chair IEEE India Council and Dr. V. Ramgopal Rao, Former Director IIT Delhi and moderated by Prof. Prerna Gaur and discussed IEEE's future plans and workshops to emphasize technical education.

The workshop also included a session where dignitaries from Region 7 and 8 connected virtually and addressed the gathering. Dr. Devyasini Majumdar and Dr. Conrad Attard spoke about best practices in EA and reaching out to locals in their respective regions.

The event came to a notable end with Dr. Preeti Bajaj honoring esteemed dignitaries and guests with mementoes.

Dr. Arun Kumar Singh, Chair IEEE Chandigarh SubSection and Organizer for the workshop commended the Student Lead and Volunteers for their support, diligence and hard work. "Such activities promote students to learn & build confidence and is a great learning as well as networking opportunity for all delegates and participants ", he summarised in his vote of thanks which was followed by a networking lunch and office networking activity.

The Semiconductor Research Centre, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be a University), Chandigarh today inaugurated a week-long Advanced workshop on ‘Semiconductor Device Design, Fabrication and Characterization’ in technical collaboration with IEEE Chandigarh Subsection and ISSE Chandigarh Chapter. Sh. Dharam Pal, IAS and Adviser to the Administrator was the chief guest for the inaugural ceremony. Prof. Rajeev Ahuja Director IIT Ropar, Dr Surinder Singh, Director SCL Mohali and Dr Jatinder K. Arora PSCST were the guest of honour for the session. The advanced workshop is fully funded by the Science and Engineering Research Board (Department of Science and Technology) Government of India under ‘Accelerate Vigyan’ and will take place from July 11 to 17, 2022.

The event began with Prof. Baldev Setia, Director PEC and Prof. Neena Gupta head of the department ECE giving a green welcome to the esteemed guests and lighting the ceremonial lamp.

Director of PEC, Prof. (Dr) Baldev Setia during his welcome note stated, that the Semiconductor Research Centre, ECE Department inaugurated by the President of India during the Century celebrations is enriched by the inclusion of advanced research and design-oriented equipment and has also been selected in the 1st cohort of 30 institutions to be supported under chips to startup program at Digital India week at Gandhinagar. Taking about the efforts of PEC in the Semiconductor Mission of India, he said “It is also an opportunity to develop the Chandigarh region as a self-reliant hub for the development of semiconductor technology.”

Prof. Rajeev Ahuja, Director, IIT Ropar mentioned that keeping everything in mind and the fact that India has huge human resources, especially the young population, we have to work in common areas like semiconductor technology, building a team and going forward with very aggressive manner. “India belongs to the young generation, we have to provide the opportunity so they can lead the country and this is the right time we should give the torch in their hand and train them and help them so that they can be the player in this area of semiconductor design, fabrication and characterization”.

Dr Jatinder K Arora PSCST focused on the importance of these workshops and how the initiative by department of ECE, PEC will help our young researchers in the future innovations.. ‘We could be the leader in the country if we position ourselves as a cohesive knowledge cluster in this domain’ she said.

Dr Surinder Singh, Director SCL, Mohali, stating the importance of electronics and semiconductors in daily life talked about the need for India to be a key player in the global semiconductor supply chain and the Govt. initiatives and investments in the sector.

The session continued with the signing of an MoU between PEC, Chandigarh and SCL, Mohali, followed by Sh. Dharam Pal, IAS and Adviser to the Administrator addressing the audience.

Honourable Dharam Pal Singh, proud alumnus, PEC while addressing the audience highlighted the importance of semiconductors in our day-to-day life and the necessity of organizing these kinds of workshops. He appreciated the efforts of PEC to start with the initiative and ensured that such workshops will provide an insight into both theoretical as well as practical knowledge for design analysis and operation of semiconductor devices to meet the needs of thermal industry, space, defence and such organizations. Stating that the future of India is linked to semiconductors and chips, he encouraged all the major institutes and bright minds to collaborate under such workshops and wished all the participants best wishes.

Prof. Arun Kumar Singh, Coordinator of the workshop stated that the workshop has been designed to blend the theoretical knowledge with practical experience at the newly established Semiconductor Research Centre. More than 85 applications from the participants of various institutions across the country were received out of which 25 applications were accepted based on their merit. During the workshop, MTech and PhD students of NIT, Jamia, IIT, Delhi University, DTU, NSUT, NITTTR, and INST IISER Mohali will be trained at Semiconductor Lab of ECE department, PEC. Also, faculty/ researchers from IIT, DRDO, Delhi University, and SCL will be sharing their thoughts. The Event concluded with Director PEC honouring the esteemed chief guest and guests of Honour with mementoes.

Newly Established Semiconductor Research Centre at Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University) hosted a one day workshop on ‘Funding Opportunities in Electronics Engineering’ in technical collaboration with IEEE Chandigarh Subsection supported by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST, Govt. of India.

The event brought together experts from academia around the globe to present and discuss their latest research and ideas in the field of Electronics Engineering. The workshop was based on the idea to explore various research opportunities and learn more about advanced semiconductor technologies. More importantly, it provided students with an opportunity to meet seasoned experts and experienced peers. The event was graced by the presence of the chief guest, Dr. Baldev Setia.

In his keynote speech he complimented the ECE department on their tremendous efforts to set up this state of the art lab. He also encouraged researchers, scholars and professionals in the industry to visit and utilize the facilities of the lab for research purposes. The Lab encompasses a clean room that can characterize materials and fabricate microchips, which is one of its kind in the northern part of the country. Funding for the research especially in educational institutes has been traditionally harder to come by. This timely workshop will be crucial to facilitating research opportunities and educating researchers on how to secure funding. The keynote speakers included professor Shahrir S Kasjoo, University Malaysia Perlis, Mohamed Shuiab M Saheed from COINN, UTP Malaysia and various renowned researchers from IITs, DRDO and ISRO.

PEC recently commemorated 100 years of its indelible legacy on 16th November 2021.  It also marked by the inauguration of Semiconductor Research Centre (Clean Lab) by the Hon’ble President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind on the same day. This initiative fosters the need to permeate the spirit of the country’s scientific community and nurtures the confluence of scientific knowledge with visionary leadership and social conscience. The main objective behind this workshop was to harness the voluntary potential that is latent in the country’s scientific community to strengthen science and society linkages so as to make the S&T ecosystem vibrant. The workshop was concluded by Professor Arun Kumar Singh, Coordinator SRC who thanked all the dignitaries for their eminent thoughts and contributions to the conference.

An online ATAL Faculty Development Programme On Nanotechnology for Electronic and Photonic Devices (NanoDev-2021) has been organized by department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh in technical collaboration with IEEE Chandigarh Subsection and Indian Society of Systems for Science and Engineering (ISSE) Chandigarh Chapter from July 12-16, 2021. Two Hundred participants from various Universities, Research organizations and Industries registered for the course. The event was coordinated by Dr. Arun Kumar Singh with an objective to provide an insight to understand and utilize the unique properties and interaction of novel materials, their physics and chemistry for the design and development of state-of-the art next generation electronic and photonic devices to meet the needs of relevant industry, space, defense and research organization. The FDP “NanoDev-2021” was funded by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) under its AICTE TRAINING AND LEARNING (ATAL) ACADEMY programme.

The event was inaugurated by Prof. Siby John, Director, PEC in the presence of Prof. Neena Gupta, Head, Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Dr. Manish Hooda, Scientist SCL Mohali and Secretary, ISSE Chandigarh Chapter. Prof. John appreciated the efforts of Course coordinator to rope-in eminent speakers from leading research universities, defense and space laboratories and industries to deliver talks on different nano-electronic and photonic technologies. He further encouraged the participants for responsible development of products based upon such technologies to meet out the most pressing human and societal needs.

In the inaugural talk on day 1, Dr. Manish Hooda, Sr. Scientist, of Semiconductor laboratory (SCL) Mohali emphasized the new technology innovation and trends particularly miniaturization of devices and its advantages to the semiconductor industries. Prof. Dipankar (IIT, Bombay) introduced GaN-Based Ku Band Multifinger Devices and MMICs. In this, he emphasizes the GaN materials over others and elaborated GaN HEMT fabrication techniques and their application. Dr. Brajesh Kaushik, IIT, Roorkee introduced on Spintronics-Perspectives and Challenges. He talks about the fundamental of Spintronics and different types of memories with their hierarchy. In the last lecture of day 1, Prof. Samaresh Das (IIT Delhi) discussed nanodevices for silicon quantum computing. Further, he elaborated on the realization of the quantum computer, single-atom transistor, silicon quantum information technology, semiconductor metal oxide quantum dot, and silicon quantum information technology.

On day 2, Rahul K Sharma (SCL Mohali) explained the effect of optical parameters on the design of highly reflecting distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRS) for space applications. Next, the talk was delivered by Dr. Arun Ashok, Central Institute of Engineering, Electronics and Analytics Research Centre (ZEA), Jellich, Germany discussed RF Imperfections and SNR for Front Ends. He first introduced the various research activities being carried out at Julich Research Center. Thereafter, he discussed the receiver input scenario, impairment to the dynamic range (DR), receiver noise figure, Friss equation, Phase noise from the synthesizer, impact of non-linearity, and PLL noise in detail. In the closing lecture, Satinder K Sharma (IIT Mandi) discussed the next generation resist technology for semiconductor Fab-line. He started with a brief introduction to semiconductor technology advancement, then discussed the next generation lithography roadmap followed by lithography techniques. Further, He explained the resist technology roadmap for high volume chip manufacturing with EUV Resist developed at IIT Mandi.

On day 3 of the workshop, the first talk was delivered by Jawar Singh (IIT Patna) on semiconductor devices and circuits for brain-inspired computing. Further, he elaborated on the motivation of alternative computing approaches, and why neuromorphic/ In-memory computing is used? He further elaborated about the advantages of in-memory computing over that of traditional computing, elements of in-memory computing, energy efficiency for AL and ML applications. Prof. Santanu Mahapatra, Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc) Bengaluru explained the Insights to two-dimensional non-volatile resistive memory devices. He discussed Von-Neumann architecture, In-memory computing, memristors, 2D material-based resistive switching devices, and atomristor. He concluded the session with a discussion on Resistive switching in monolayer MoS2. In the last lecture of day 3, Lokesh Pandey (Art of Living), conversed about different breathing techniques, raising energy level through breathing and meditation, and how the increase in energy level removes all negativity from life. He also carried out a short meditation and exercise session which aimed to relax the participants from the stress of daily life.

On day 4 of the workshop, the first talk was delivered by Dr. D. S. Rawal, Scientist, Solid State Physics Laboratory (SSPL), DRDO in which he introduced GaN-based HEMT Technology for Microwave Applications. In this, he talks about the technique to enhance output power and the cause of device degradation. He also talks about recent developments in GaN HEMTs technology and its market forecast. Dr. Meena Mishra, Scientist, SSPL. Delhi talked about RF characterization of GaN high-power devices and circuits. She started her talk by apprising everyone about various measurement facilities for S-parameters, pulsed, noise, and power measurements. She further discussed the role and importance of characterization such as in detections of traps in GaN HEMTs. In the last lecture of day 4, Dr. Jaspreet Singh, a Scientist at SCL Mohali discussed microsystem manufacturing. In this, he introduced MEMS fabrication technology and its derivatives and also talked about its application.

The first talk on the last day of ATAL FDP was delivered by Mr. Ayan Karmakar (SCL Mohali) on Silicon RF (Si-RF) Technology: Its Relevance to Modern Era Communication. He started with how silicon on-board shifted to silicon on-chip and also talk about different losses to the Silicon substrate in RF application. Mr. Nitin Sharma, ST Microelectronics, Noida talked about Generic Memory Architecture and Testing Challenges in Sub Nanometres Technology. He further discussed about the memory architecture, memory function, and fault specific to memory, and also elaborated the approach and solutions.

The event was concluded with a virtual training session of Silvaco TCAD device simulation software by Mr. Sahil Garg, JRF at PEC, Chandigarh and a virtual tour of upcoming cleanroom facility at the Department of ECE, PEC, Chandigarh. A feedback session was also held in which participants expressed their views and showed great satisfaction at the successful completion of the NanoDev 2021. Participants also suggested conducting such FDP in nanotechnology as exposure to these upcoming technological innovations in electronic and photonic systems is highly enlightening particularly for the younger researchers and is the need of the hour. This year’s FDP offered a wide range of lectures in the nano-electronics and nano-photonics domain, including materials for nanodevices, novel nano-electronic devices for microwave rectification, plasmonic-based devices, MMICs, and device fabrication techniques, HEMT devices and characterization techniques, memory devices, MEMS and their simulation techniques said Dr. Arun Kumar Singh, Coordinator, NanoDev 2021. He thanked all the invited speakers for sharing their research experiences with the participants and acknowledged the full support of Prof. Siby John, Director, PEC, and Prof. Neena Gupta, Head, Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering in the organization of FDP. He further showed gratitude to Dr. Manish Hooda, Scientist SCL Mohali and Secretary, ISSE Chandigarh Chapter for technical collaboration and AICTE for financial support.

An online short term course on Nanotechnology for Electronic and Photonic Devices (NanoDev-2020) was organized by department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh in technical collaboration with IEEE Chandigarh Subsection and Indian Society of Systems for Science and Engineering (ISSE) Chandigarh Chapter from June 15-19, 2020. More than 650 participants from various Universities, Research organizations and Industries from India and abroad registered for the course. The event was coordinated by Prof. Arun Kumar Singh with an objective to provide an insight to understand and utilize the unique properties and interaction of novel materials, their physics and chemistry for the design and development of state-of-the art next generation electronic and photonic devices to meet the needs of relevant industry, space, defense and research organization.

The event was kicked off by Prof. Dheeraj Sanghi, Director, PEC in the presence of Prof. Neelu Jain, Head, Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Prof. Neena Gupta, Chairperson, IEEE Chandigarh Subsection, Dr. Manish Hooda, Scientist SCL Mohali and Secretary, ISSE Chandigarh Chapter and Dr. Sanjay Batish, Coordinator, TEQIP-III. Prof. Sanghi appreciated the efforts of Course coordinator to rope-in eminent speakers from leading research universities, defense and space laboratories and industries to deliver talks on different nano-electronic and photonic technologies. He further encouraged the participants for responsible development of products based upon such technologies to meet out the most pressing human and societal needs.

In the inaugural talk on day 1, Dr. H.S. Jatana, Sr. Scientist, of Semiconductor laboratory (SCL) Mohali emphasised the necessity to work in area of Nanotechnology particularly for the development of photodetectors to meet out the energy requirements discussing about the advantages and challenges of infrared (IR) photodetectors. Prof. Yogesh Chauhan, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur introduced the compact modelling techniques to predict the electrical (DC and AC), and noise characteristics of semiconductor devices such as MOSFETs, FINFETs and nanotransistors. He also elaborated about his recently developed ASM GaN HEMT model which has been widely adapted by the Industries. Dr. D. S. Rawal, Scientist, Solid State Physics Laboratory (SSPL), DRDO introduced the participants various fabrication technologies available for the nanoelectronic and photonic devices. He also discussed about III-V materials their properties and applications. In the closing lecture of day 1, Dr. Amit Singh, Scientist, SCL Mohali discussed about the characteristics of high voltage silicon devices, and their challenges elaborating RESURF/LDMOS architectures, self-heating and kink effects.

On day 2, Prof. Santanu Mahapatra, Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc) Bengaluru explained the atom-to-circuit modelling techniques for emerging nanomaterial MOSFETs. He also discussed about utilization of novel 2D material such as black phosphorus, germane and sillicene for FETs, multi scale modelling and impact on circuit simulations. Next, talk was delivered by Prof. Jawar Singh, IIT Patna on in-memory Computing for Energy efficient and intensive computations. He further elaborated about the advantages of in-memory computing than that of traditional computing, elements of in-memory computing, energy efficiency for AL and ML applications. In the closing lecture, Dr. Ayan Karmakar, Scientist at SCL discussed about the utilization of MEMS technology in antenna engineering. The wafer bonding, micromachining and electroplating techniques for RF MEMS were explained in addition to the concepts of lumped and distributed elements, planar transmission lines.

Dr. Arun Ashok, Central Institute of Engineering, Electronics and Analytics Research Centre (ZEA), Julich, Germany discussed FDSOI applications for advanced architectures in the first session of day 3. He first introduced about the various research activities being carried out at Julich Research Center. Thereafter, he discussed about the FDSOI basics, merits of FDSOI, IOT node example and FDSOI in quantum computing. In the next talk, Prof. Samresh Das, IIT Delhi discussed about group IV semiconductors and its heterostructure with layered transition metal dichalcogenide for photonic device applications. Further, he elaborated about silicon nanowire based photonics detectors, THz detectors and modulators. In the closing lecture, Dr. Gaurav Jayaswal from SCL discussed about the THz rectenna for energy harvesting applications. He also introduced various concepts of infrared rectennas, nano antennas, surface plasmon, and nano antenna integrated diode.

On day 4 of the workshop, the first talk was delivered by Prof. Dipankar, IIT, Bombay on high speed processes in semiconductors. Starting from the basic electron transport, he discussed very high speed electron conduction called ballistic transport regime in high speed GaN HEMTs, GaN LEDS and quantum dots. Dr. Meena Mishra, Scientist, SSPL. Delhi talked about RF characterisation of GaN high power devices and circuits. She started her talk by apprising everyone about various measurement facilities for S-parameters, pulsed, noise and power measurements. She further discussed about role and importance characterisation such as in detections of traps in GaN HEMTs. In the last lecture of day 4, Dr. Saumya Sengupta, Scientist at SCL Mohali discussed about the compound semiconductor technology for IR photo detection and utilization for imaging applications. He introduced about the IR photodetectors. Thereafter, he discussed about end to end development of GaAs technology based QWP/QDIP and FPA.

First talk on the last day of STC was delivered by Prof. Satinder Sharma, IIT Mandi on nanoelectronics device and their applications. He started with a brief introduction to nanoelectronics roadmap discussing about the origin of nanoelectronics. 1D finite potential barrier, applications of tunnelling scanning microscope single electron transistor and carbon nanotube FET were also discussed. Prof. Brajesh Kaushik, IIT Roorkee talked about the VLSI interconnects, their challenges and prospects. He discussed about structure, properties and characteristics of interconnects, which is one of the important component in any VLSI circuit. Further, he explained about the modelling of graphene based interconnects such as CNT and GNR, advanced packaging techniques and through silicon via applications. Dr. Manoj Khandpal, Scientist SCL Mohali delivered the last talk on the closing day of the workshop on MEMS Sensor Technology for Space Applications. He emphasised on the utilization of micro-/nano-electronics in the space. Later, he discussed about different types of MEMS sensors such as chemical and physical sensors. 

The event was concluded with a feedback session in which participants expressed their views and showed great satisfaction at the successful completion of the NanoDev 2020. Participants also suggested to conduct such short term courses/workshops/seminars in nanotechnology as exposure to these upcoming technological innovations in electronic and photonics systems is highly enlightening particularly for the younger researchers and is need of the hour. This year’s STC offered wide range of lectures in nano-electronics and nano-photonics domain, including materials for nanodevices, novel nano-electronic devices for microwave rectification, plasmonic based devices, MMICs and device Fabrication techniques, HEMT devices and characterization techniques, memory devices, MEMS and their simulation techniques said Dr. Arun Kumar Singh, Coordinator, NanoDev 2020. He thanked all the invited speakers for sharing their research experiences with the participants, and acknowledged the full support of Prof. Dheeraj Sanghi, Director, PEC and Prof. Neelu Jain, Head, Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering in the organization of STC. He further showed gratitude to Prof. Neena Gupta, Chairperson, IEEE Chandigarh Subsection, Dr. Manish Hooda, Scientist SCL Mohali and Secretary, ISSE Chandigarh Chapter for technical collaboration and Dr. Sanjay Batish, Coordinator, TEQIP-III for financial support.

The department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh has organized a webinar on ANSYS high frequency application in 5G antenna on July 31, 2020. The event was organised in technical collaboration with IEEE Chandigarh Subsection & IEEE APS & CRFID, Delhi Section and with industrial partner ARK Infosolutions, the Elite channel partner of ANSYS. More than 125 participants from various Universities, Research organizations and Industries from India and abroad attended the webinar. The event was coordinated by Prof. Arun Kumar Singh with an objective to provide an insight about the different computational solvers present in HFSS and gain a deep insight into how using the simulation with the appropriate solver helps in reducing the design cycle time. Additionally, such softwares may be utilised to the recent trends in communication (5G) and how ANSYS helps in simplifying the design challenges.

Mr. Akash from ARK Infosolutions delivered the webinar focused on on ANSYS high frequency application in 5G antenna. He started with a brief introduction to 5G paradigm change and further discussed about 5G key enabling technology. Thereafter, he explained about antenna designs and modelling with sub-6 GHz designed multi-band antennas using HFSS and array antennas for 5G applications. He also demonstrated to design single element antenna utilizing HFSS antenna toolkit, and model the unit cell to approximate an infinite array.

The webinar was highly enlightening particularly for the researchers to understand the technological innovations in antenna design technology. A feedback session was also conducted where various participants shared their views about the event.

A National Seminar on Semiconductor Technology for space and defense applications was organized by Electronics and Communication Engineering Department of Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh in technical collaboration with IEEE Chandigarh Subsection and Indian Society of Systems for Science and Engineering (ISSE) Chandigarh Chapter on October 19, 2019 in the college premises.

The main objective of this seminar was to provide a forum for scientists, faculty and students to update their technical thoughts by interacting with technologist carrying out leading edge research and development in the area of Semiconductor devices.

The event organized under the leadership of Dr. Arun Kumar Singh, was graced by the presence of Scientists/Engineers from DRDO/ ISRO /CSIR labs and faculty from IISc, IITs and many institutes of national repute. The seminar was also witnessed by enthusiastic students passionate about the present day research occurring in the said fields.

While the students were enthralled by the presentation by faculty of SCL Mohali, like the talk on 'Semiconductor device fabrication and characterization techniques', by Manoj Wadhwa; 'Innovation, and Novel Approaches to "Scaling"' by Mr. Sathish Kumar Dhayalan and 'CMOS, alternative device structures and new materials' by Mr. Manish K Hooda, they were equally curious to dive to the depths of topics like Future of logic, SOI, memory devices and process integration, as well as 3D packaging.

The event concluded with a speech by Dr. Sanjay Kumar Batish, TEQIP-3 Coordinator, where he thanked everyone who took out time from their busy schedules and attended the workshop to share their respective field of research. He also gave best wishes the guest speakers. It was followed by a certificate distribution ceremony, conducted by Dr. Arun Kumar Singh, with Sc/Engr SF Manoj Wadhwa.

The seminar was hence successful in providing an insight to both theoretical and practical knowledge for the design, analysis, and operation of semiconductor devices in order to meet the needs of relevant industry, space, defense and research organizations.

The department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh has organized a two-days Workshop on "Micro/Nano technologies based devices/sensors and actuators" on March 08-09, 2019 in technical collaboration with IEEE Chandigarh Subsection. The event was financially supported by Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP)-III an initiative of   Government of India and the World Bank. The workshop was jointly inaugurated by Prof. Neena Gupta, Chairperson, IEEE Chandigarh Subsection and Dr. Sanjay Batish, Coordinator, TEQIP-III. Dr. Arun Kumar Singh, Coordinator Workshop highlighted the main purpose behind organizing this workshop and encouraged the participants to get the maximum benefit by understanding the basic concepts, ideas and physics for the development of futuristic micro/nano technologies based devices/sensors and actuators.

The two-days workshop was focused on the design and development of MEMS-based ultrasonic transducers, MEMS-based piezoresistive pressure sensors, MEMS-based accuators, carbon nanotechnology, nanopatterning techniques, nano-bio sensors, electrochemical sensors and their applications. The speakers of the workshop were Sr. Scientists from CSIR- Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI) Pilani, a constituent laboratory of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. of India.

In the session on "Design and Development of MEMS based accelerometer" , Dr. Ravindra Mukhiya elaborated on the design of low cost MEMS based accelerometer based on piezoresistive transduction mechanism. He addressed various challenges incurred during design and fabrication of accelerometer along with explaining its applications in flight and navigation control in avionics. He also highlighted the improved differential mode of accelerometer and its noise cancellation capability with increased sensitivity. Dr. S Santosh Kumar briefed the audience about "MEMS based piezoresistive pressure sensor" which is replacing conventional macro pressure sensors for detecting gas pressure etc. in pipelines/valves in industries. He further elaborated specialized MEMS fabrication techniques like surface and bulk micromachining and their applications in creating miniaturized MEMS devices at micro scale. The session on "Carbon Nanotechnology and Nanopatterning Techniques" was delivered by Dr. Pankaj Bhushan Agarwal. He explained unique electrical and optical properties of carbon nano-tubes and their applications in various emerging fields. He informed about recent novel lithography techniques such as DPN, AFM based lithography etc. for Nano pattering of futuristic nanoelectronic devices. The material morphological characterization is another important aspect of any nanoelectronic device/senosor fabrication which was explained by Dr. Rishi Sharma. He mainly discussed about the utilization of Raman spectroscopy for the development of Nano-Bio sensors and Electrochemical Sensors.

More than 90 participants from different institutes such as CSIO Mohali, Centre for development of advanced Computing (CDAC), INST Mohali, Chandigarh University, Panjab University, SGGSWU Fatehgarh Sahib, PEC Chandigarh including international participant through TWAS-CSIR attended the workshop. In the valedictory session, certificates to the participants were distributed by Prof. Deepak Bagai, Head, Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering.

The department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh has organized a one-day Workshop on "Micro/Nano electronic device fabrication facilities including clean room" on February 15, 2019 in technical collaboration with IEEE Chandigarh Subsection. The event is financially supported by Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP)-III an initiative ofGovernment of India and the World Bank. The workshop was jointly inaugurated by Prof. Neelu Jain, Head, Electronics and Communication Engineering department and Prof. Neena Gupta, Chairperson, IEEE Chandigarh Subsection.

The scientists, engineers and faculty from reputed research organizations including Semiconductor Laboratory (ISRO) Mohali, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi and PEC discussed about the various state-of art facilities available for the fabrication and characterisation of Micro/Nano electronic devices in prestigious institutions across the country. However, such facilities are not available in and around Chandigarh. Dr. Arun Kumar Singh, Associate Professor and Coordinator, workshop gave a brief presentation about the recent funding of Rs. 217.00 Lakhs to ECE Department by DST under FIST programme to establish the electronic device fabrication and characterisation facilities. He further informed that Board of Governors (BoG), PEC has approved the financial support of 164.80 Lakhs to develop a clean room of class 1,000 and class 10,000 by converting existing old physics laboratory near DTE office. 

The experts deliberated about the current requirement of clean room after visiting the site and finalised the various requirements and technical specifications/BoQ for the proposed clean room in ECE Department. Developing clean room facilities equipped with electronic device fabrication and characterisation tools will not only enable experimental exposure to PhD/postgraduate/graduate students of PEC and JNEC Sunder Nagar but also complement the existing available in nearby intuitions such as INST Mohali, IISER Mohali, Panjab University, IIT Ropar etc.

A workshop on entrepreneurship as a career option was organised in Punjab engineering college (deemed to be university), Chandigarh on 14th of February 2019. The workshop was organised taking into consideration the need of indulging the entrepreneurial thinking in the minds of the emerging students in the present-day scenario of the growing world. The event was presented by the Electronics and communication department of the college and it was held in association with IEEE(Chandigarh-subsection) and the IEEE(student branch) along with the support of technical education quality improvement programme (TEQIP-III). 

The speaker of the workshop : Dr. Lalit Sharma, was introduced by the associate professor Dr. Arun Kumar Singh who is also the secretary of IEEE Chandigarh sub-section. Dr. Lalit Sharma is a faculty member at the Centre for Research in Entrepreneurship Education and Development at Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India(EDII, Ahmedabad ). He is also a part of the Centre for Policy Research in SandT Entrepreneurship developed by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India at EDII, wherein he is actively engaged in the national research projects of the Government of India on entrepreneurship development in the country. His research articles on entrepreneurship have been widely published in various reputed international journals such as Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research, International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, Journal of Entrepreneurship and several others. Dr. Sharma highlighted the emerging need of educational institutions to indulge in the entrepreneurial approach in students as the growth of entrepreneurship in a country leads to the growth of the country. He also shared the facts and figures of both the developed and developing countries in encouraging start-ups over the past few years and how those start-ups are changing the current scenario of the country. He elaborated the type of fears the youth has when they try to step up in the corporate world independently and also suggested the effective solutions of overcoming those fears and anxieties. He highlighted the lack of female entrepreneurs in the country and its possible reasons. The speaker gave a comprehensive idea to the audience about the ongoing schemes of the govt. of India like start-up India scheme,CGTMSE, stand-up India ,mudra yojana and many more to support and encourage the skilful and innovative minds in the country. Finally Dr.Lalit Sharma was greeted with a token of respect from Dr. Arun kumar Singh, Associate Professor, Electronics and Communication Department

The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh organized a one-day National Seminar on 'Reliability Engineering, Phases of Product Development and Essentials of Public Speaking Skills' in collaboration with IEEE Chandigarh Subsection on 27th July, 2018. The event was coordinated by Dr. Arun Kumar Singh, Assistant Professor, PEC.

The objective of the seminar was to discuss key concepts of Product Development and Life-Cycle Engineering with the participants. It also aimed to equip the students with soft skills like public speaking so that they can present themselves confidently in a better way.

The welcome speech was given by Prof. Neena Gupta, Chairperson, IEEE Chandigarh. She introduced Mr. Mohit Rawat, who is a PEC Alumnus and has also developed an "Automatic Lighting System" for University Auditorium during his degree course. She also acknowledged Dr. Arun's efforts for coordinating such educational and motivating events in the campus.

Mr. Mohit Rawat, Certified Reliability Engineer (ASQ), Founder-Director (Basikz Reliability Solutions) and Ex. Deputy Manager (BEL) was the first speaker who gave an insightful lecture on reliability engineering, which is a sub-discipline of systems engineering that emphasizes dependability in the lifecycle management of a product. He also demonstrated the major components of effective public speaking like proper gesticulation, use of body language and the importance of practicing.

Mr. Pawan Sharma, Certified Financial Planner (NCFM), Executive Director (Saksham Solutions) and Fellow of I.I.I (Insurance Institute of India) referred to his vast and varied industrial experiences to highlight how every new product passes through a series of stages or phases. These include ideation, different aspects of design, manufacturing and market introduction. He spoke at length about the key features, challenges and significance of each stage. Giving examples of real world start-ups and companies, he mentioned how these stages can act as a roadmap for budding entrepreneurs.

The event was attended by over fifty M. Tech/Ph.D. students, and professors from prestigious institutes from the region. The seminar concluded with distribution of certificates amongst all participants. It was a wonderful opportunity for the participants to gain in-depth knowledge of real-world industrial concepts and interact with industry experts from different fields.

The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh organized a one-day National Seminar on "Semiconductor Technology: Trends and Challenges" in technical collaboration with IEEE Chandigarh Subsection and ISSE Chandigarh Chapter. The event was financially supported by Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP)-III an initiative of Government of India and the World Bank. The National seminar was jointly inaugurated by Prof. Neelu Jain, Head, Electronics and Communication Engineering Department and Dr. H. S. Jatana, President, ISSE Chandigarh Chapter.

Top-level scientists and engineers from reputed research organizations including Semiconductor Laboratory (ISRO), Mohali, Solid State Physics Laboratory (SSPL), Delhi and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi discussed about the current status of Semiconductor Technology with Make in India Perspective of Govt. of India, Silicon on Insulator Technology, EUV Lithography, Packaging related issues of CMOS devices. In addition, the experts introduced audience with the recent trends of utilizing compound semiconductor and wideband gap materials for variety of applications.

Nowadays, consumers are looking for a smaller electronic gadget equipped with high speed ICs having enhanced computational power and functionality for their work and leisure environments. It can be only achieved by reducing CMOS device dimensions inside ICs, however, implementation of this technology has several manufacturing challenges that require revolutionary equipments for the 14/10/7nm nodes and the upcoming 5/3nm nodes. Accordingly, beyond Silicon/CMOS, novel process methodologies, materials and device concepts are required for futuristic semiconductor technology said Dr. Arun Kumar Singh coordinator of the Seminar.

A large number of delegates including scientists, engineers, faculty members, and research scholars from various institutions across India like Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO) Chandigarh , Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL) Mohali, Defence Research and Development Organization, Delhi, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mandi, Kurukshetra University, Punjabi University, Amity University, Noida,Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Chitkara University, Mohali, NITTTR Chandigarh, Maharaja Agrsen University Solan, MMDU Mullana, JNEC Sunder Nagar,  and Thapar University participated in the seminar to discuss their research ideas with the renowned dignitaries.

The department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at PEC University of Technology has organized a one day National Seminar on “Recent Advances and Challenges Faced in GaN HEMT Technology in collaboration IEEE Chandigarh Subsection and financially supported by Defence Research and Development Organization, Govt. of India. The national seminar was jointly inaugurated by Prof. Neena Gupta, Chairperson, IEEE Chandigarh Sub-section and Prof. Neelu Jain, Head, Electronics and Communication Engineering department.

Top-level scientists and engineers from reputed research organizations including Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, and Solid State Physics Laboratory (SSPL) discussed about the importance of Gallium Nitride (GaN) based HEMT technology. The special sessions were focussed on the growth of GaN material, device fabrications and their electrical (DC and RF) characterisation techniques. The researchers also discussed about practical applications of GaN based HEMTs which vary from RF communication like 5G technology to defence applications such as power amplifiers, MMIC etc.. The significance of simulation and mathematical modelling of GaN materials and HEMTs predicting their performances, reliability leading to cost effectiveness without fabricating such devices were also discussed.

The organisation of this seminar is timely and important as GaN HEMT technology is under International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), therefore, it’s of national importance to make India itself technologically self-sufficient to produce HEMT technology based electronic warfare, radars etc., said Dr. Arun Kumar Singh and Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, coordinators of the Seminar.

A large number of delegates including scientists, engineers, faculty members, and research scholars from various institutions across India like Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO) Chandigarh , Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL) Mohali, Delhi University, Delhi, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee and Ropar, Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali, Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Defence Research and Development Organization participated in the seminar to discuss their research ideas with the renowned dignitaries.

The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh organized self-financing Short Term Course on Nanotechnology for Electronic and Photonic Devices (NanoDev-2016) under the Continuing Education Programme from July 11-16, 2016. The course was inaugurated by Prof. R. K. Sinha, Director, CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organization (CSIO), Chandigarh11th July, 2016. The course attracted a large number of participants from  various Institutes such as Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar; CFEES, DRDO, Delhi; Chitkara University, Punjab; DIT, Dehradun; GNDEC Ludhiana; Jawahar Lal Nehru Govt. Engg. College Sundernagar; Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra; MNIT, Jaipur; NSIT, New Delhi; NIT Jalandhar; Thapar University, Patiala; SRM University, Kattankulathur and other CRIKC institutions

After six days of highly interactive lectures and lab sessions on Nano-Electronics and Nano-Photonics, the felicitation ceremony was held on Saturday, July 16, 2016. Prof. Ashok K Ganguli Director, INST, Mohali as Chief Guest expressed great satisfaction at the successful completion of the second edition of the NanoDev Short Term Course Series and emphasized on the importance of such courses distributing certificates to the participants of NanoDev-2016. He also gave tips to manage time and to achieve ambitious goals in research by referring world class repositories. Speaking at valedictory function Prof. Neena Gupta, Head, Electronics and Communication Engineering and Prof. Vasundhara Singh, Head Applied Sciences congratulated all the participants for successful completion of the course. The workshop was primarily designed to cater to the needs of researchers to have a clear understanding of various technical concepts and tools used in emerging fields of Nano-Electronics and Nano-Photonics. This course provided budding scholars an opportunity to increase their research knowledge and skills, said Dr. Arun Kumar Singh, Coordinator of the course.

This year’s STC offered wide range of lectures in  Nano-Electronics and Nano-Photonics domain, including Materials for Nanodevices, Novel Nano-Electronic Devices for Microwave Rectification, Plasmonic based Devices, MMICs and Device Fabrication techniques, HEMT Devices and Characterization Techniques, Towards Nanocrystal Non-volatile Memory Devices, Micro-electromechanical Systems (MEMS) and their simulation techniques. Also, a hands-on experience on different tools such as Silvaco TCAD Software, COMSOL, HFSS and Characterization tools e.g. Keysight’s parametric semiconductor analyser was provided. The renowned nanotechnologist of international and national stature from SSPL-DRDO Delhi, INST Mohali, SCL Mohali, IISER Mohali, IIT Ropar, and PEC Chandigarh were part of the lecture series. A visit to INST and IISER, Mohali was also arranged for the participants which helped them to experience clean room facilities, fabrication and characterization tools for futuristic Nanoelectronic and THz technologies.

The department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at PEC University of Technology organized self-financing Short Term Course on Nanoelectronic Devices (Nanodev-2015) under Continuing Education Programme during July 20-25, 2015. Prof. Manoj Arora, Director, PEC University of Technology, welcomed the participants by highlighting the main purpose behind organizing this course and encouraged the participants to get the maximum benefit for understanding the basic concepts, ideas and physics for the development of futuristic technologies in our research labs at various Institutes and universities. In his inaugural speech, Prof. R.K. Sinha, Director,CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organization (CSIO), Chandigarh emphasised the need to work on nanotechnologies and encouraged the participants for responsible development of products based upon such technologies to meet out the most pressing human and societal needs. 

The technical modules of course related to timely development of emerging fields of Nanoelectronics were introduced by Prof. Neena Gupta, Head of Electronics Department.  Participants include from different CRICK Institutes such as Institute of Nanoscience and technology (INST), Panjab University, CSIO, Centre for development of advanced Computing (CDAC) and JNTU, Hyderabad, Institute of Engineering Technology, Lucknow, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Kurukhestra, etc. A wide range of Nanoscience and Nanoelectronics aspects were covered through the lecture series starting from the Material selection to Optical and Electrical Characterization techniques  to Nanoelectronic device fabrication and their potential applications in energy harvesting, medical devices, Microelectromechanical systems and space satellites. 

As told by Dr. Arun Kumar Singh, Coordinator of the course, renowned nanotechnologist of international and national stature from CEERI, Pilani, INST Mohali,  IIT Ropar,   SCL, Mohali, and PEC delivered expert talks including the state of art Nanoelectronic  technologies such as Nonlinear devices, Solar Cells, Carbon Nanotubes, Nanowires, and Microelectromechanical systems.